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Chronic Illness and Grief Sand Tray Therapy
Presented by Lexie Pfeiffer, PhD Dr. Pfeiffer earned her specialized training in sand tray work at Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education. She earned her degree in marriage and family therapy from Brigham Young University and is currently...
Blondie Cartoon Offers Education Opportunity
On February 25th, the syndicated cartoon Blondie mentioned Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the new name, Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee that produced the report, Beyond Myalgic...
Patient Voice – Music that Moves You
Topic for March : “Tell about music that moves you. A song you love and why - Does it motivate or inspire you? Transport or soothe you?” March is National Music in our Schools Month, celebrating how music motivates and inspires. In honor of this,...
BHC Collaborates on NIH Funded Study to Identify ME/CFS Antibody Biomarkers
A $200,000 grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been awarded for a study seeking to identify antibody biomarkers for ME/CFS. The Bateman Horne Center will partner with Armin Alaedini, PhD on this important research....
What’s the Buzz – February
Each month we scour the Internet and bring you a list of news articles, blogs and research publications we think you’ll find interesting for our What's the Buzz post. Occasionally, we’ll highlight and summarize a few of them for you, like these:...
New Paper Cites Increased Risk of Suicide in CFS
This month, a new paper out of the UK investigating mortality in individuals diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was featured on The Lancet home page. Among its finding, the authors noted a significant increase in the risk of suicide among...
Get to Know BHC – Volunteer Leadership
It has been said that, "The possibilities of the boardroom should aspire to the ideals that legendary medieval English King Arthur created at his infamous round table. There, knights gathered in effort and equality to erect a vast empire that...
Treatment Strategies for MECFS/FM
Newly released paper discusses treatment strategies for ME/CFS, cites the importance of clinical intuition By Suzanne D. Vernon PhD In 2012 I organized a meeting at the Banbury Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The objective was to bring...
Just Paint
In this submission to Patient Voice, Claudia Goodell shares how she discovered a love of art which showed her a pathway to emotional healing, despite there being no physical cure for her debilitating illness. She also tells how she has channeled...
CDC Public Health Grand Rounds to feature ME/CFS
The Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues. Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential...
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.